I was thinking about my blog this morning and came to the conclusion that this process is somewhat like a long illness. It is with you every day, some days seem harder than others, and your friends and family get tired of hearing about it. Like with an illness, we have had help from our doctor, the handy man. I do know, in my heart, that we will get thru and recover fully.
Today (Wednesday), I finished my jobs by 1:00 o'clock!
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Looking down on the garden, from the deck, before spreading the bark.
Craig cut and emptied the bags, and I spread them with the rake.
It took less than an hour to do the job! Big improvement!
This is the collection of paints and stains I dealt with today.
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Meanwhile, Craig went out and got our new smoke/carbon monoxide alarms as well as 40 boxes into which we will start packing his science fiction collection, to send to his nephew. He also installed the alarms, but grumbled that the California guidelines on where to install them are quite a mess.
So after a busy, but productive day, we indulged in home made Buffalo chicken wings. I know, high in fat, but oh so good!
Do you enjoy an occasional forbidden indulgence?
The garden really looks good. And I thought Jim had a lot of old paint and stuff to get rid of but we didn't have as much as you guys. Glad there's a place you can take it. If only I had just an occasional forbidden indulgence. Jim went and got me a frosty from Wendy's the other night at 10:00 p.m.
ReplyDeleteHang in there. It's almost over. Happy Days are almost here. Your garden looks really nice.
ReplyDeleteMerikay...I remember when you had practically given up on your dream...you thought no way was it ever going to happen! And I don't think Craig was on board at all...look how far you have come. Think of this as a job and you are making traveling money...It is all going to work out and I think you are going to hit the housing market at just the right time.
ReplyDeleteIt's looking good, Merikay!
ReplyDeletesure looks like you the two of you work well together! very soon all this hard work will pay off!!
ReplyDeleteNot tired of listening at all. I find your relentless carrying forward inspirational. It will be with an even more sweet satisfaction when you are finally on the road!
ReplyDeleteYes, we have occasional indulgences,and we can always figure out a good reason.
ReplyDeleteOur paints and stains were an issue for a while until Jimmy the junk man decided to take them all off of our hands!
Sounds like progress is being made. Packing all those books looks like a big job, but it will probably feel good when they are gone.
I indulge more often than occasionally. ;)
ReplyDeleteYou are making great progress. I like to read all you have done to get to your dream. Hang in there Craig and Merikay it really IS coming together.
ReplyDeleteThat bark made such a difference. Your house and yard are going to look so nice, you aren't going to want to sell it! Don't change your mind. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Merikay! It's Terri from the Road Warriors, I have been absent from posting for almost a year now, was sick and didn't want my blog to turn into a "Pity Party" but things are looking up, and speaking of looking up, you were the first person I thought I'd better catch up on!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you are getting ready to finally bust loose, everytime I see an Alfa I think of you.
We are dry docked in a lovely little 55 community in Florida while I recover but I look forward to linited travel in the future, if you EVER get to SW Florida you be sure to give me a holler and we'll go chase alligators or something!
Much love and glad your dreams are coming true.....